Benitez's voice was very sincere. He asked Godin to start the game, and the one he wanted to see the most was this

Godin's speed is considered fast among the centre-backs, and Benitez hopes to take advantage of this.

Now Godin's robbery fully proves his strength.

Van Persie may not have seen it, but Benitez could see it clearly on the sidelines.

When Diaby passed the football to Van Persie, the Dutch looked back.

At this time, Godin, who was originally in front of him, suddenly started and stepped forward with a quick step. Then, he used his physical advantage to squeeze Van Persie to the side and cut off the football sent by Diaby...

This defensive move fully demonstrates how excellent Godin's explosive power is.

His step was very large and his starting speed was very fast.

Seeing this scene, Benitez felt relieved and shouted to Godin from the bottom of his heart.

As a central defender, Godin still lacks experience, after all, he is only twenty-three years old.

I only played two seasons in the European League, and only played the main players in the professional league for four seasons.

But young people also have the benefits of being young. First of all, they are excellent physical fitness and fast speed, and secondly, they are daring to rush and fight.

This is all what Benitez needs.

In the process of playing against Bayern Munich, Benitez needed Godin like this.

However, the real test is not over yet. Compared to Van Persie, Benitez cares more about Godin's performance in defense of Walcott.

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Van Persie looked at Godin with incredible eyes, and so did Diaby.

Both of them even forgot to go forward and counterattack the ball, allowing Godin to pass the ball easily.

"Godin made a very beautiful defense," John Motson said in surprise. "His robbery completely failed to expect Van Persie and Diaby..."

"But this defense is also very rash." No matter when, Alan Hansen seemed to be specializing in throwing cold water and singing opposites. He has choked many big names, and Glory has also been criticized by him. What is a mere new player Godin? "If Diaby's passing speed is faster, Van Persie can pass him as the situation. As a central defender, it is too risky to play like this, after all, he is not a midfielder..."

What he said makes sense, and even John Mortson nodded and changed his mouth: "Maybe this is another sign of nervousness?"

"It is possible that you will be overreacted after being nervous..."

The two of them sang together, and Godin's defense suddenly became the foreshadowing of his unstable performance...

However, to their disappointment, Godin's defense was quite steady next time, and this seemingly rash robbery appeared twice, succeeding again and again.

One was to steal Van Persie, and the other was to steal Denilson.

Both of them were interrupted by Godin's sudden robbery and lost the ball.

There was no problem at all when he was on the robbery these three times, which left Alan Hansen with nothing to say. When Godin robbed the robbery the second time, he accused Godin of being rash again.

As a result, Godin successfully snatched the ball passed to Van Persie, causing Alan Hansen's accusation to come to an abrupt end.

On the third time, Alan Hansen and Yu Qian remained silent...

He is afraid of being slapped in the face...

Sure enough, Godin succeeded again this time.

John Motson has already seen that Godin has a very good grasp of the opportunity to grab the ball, and it is not that he has grabbed all the balls. He would not have been able to hold some balls. But as long as he thinks the time is right, he will quickly grab the balls. In addition, the speed of his starting step is really fast, so he can succeed three times in a row.

This player was not overreacting because of nervousness, but was really prepared and confident.

Very confident in robbing.

"It's really strange. Godin seemed to have become accustomed to the rhythm and atmosphere of the game. There was no sign of tension from him... He seemed very confident, and he seemed to be enjoying the game..."

Alan Hansen didn't say anything beside him.

He didn't know what to say either.

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It was not only the two commentators who were surprised, but also the Arsenal head coach Wenger who was on the sidelines.

He really didn't expect that Godin, who should be the fatal weakness on Manchester City's defense, performed so well, continuously destroying Arsenal's offense...

This is really evil.

In the first half, because of Godin's outstanding performance, Manchester City seemed relatively relaxed and at ease in defense.

The score was also frozen at 0.

Both sides brought the score into the intermission.

During the halftime break, Benitez praised Godin rarely - he was very good at praising the players' performance, especially during the halftime break. He even did not praise individual players at all because he was worried that the players would be praised after being praised.

But this time, he broke the convention and praised Godin.

This surprised other Manchester City players.

Benitez's praise comes from the heart, and he really thinks Godin's performance is good.

However, after the praise, his expression returned to seriousness.

"The second half is even bigger, because Walcott hasn't made any effort in the first half, and you will be tested more in the second half, Diego." Benitez said to Godin. "But it doesn't matter. Remember what we practiced in training and cooperate with your teammates. Even Walcott has nothing to be afraid of."

Robinho suddenly shouted loudly from the side: "That's right, what's the matter with Diego Walcott? You're facing honor every day in training."

Everyone burst into laughter.

Someone even turned his head to look at Glory.

Rong Guang rolled his eyes in the shooting, Robinho, this bastard...

Even the serious Benitez couldn't help it, a smile appeared on his face, and the atmosphere in the locker room instantly became much more relaxed and joyful.

Godin felt everyone's kindness encouragement and laughed.

After laughing, Benitez said to Godin: "Robinho is right, Diego. You are facing honor every day in training." He repeated Robinho's words.

Yes, who is better, Glory or Walcott?

Of course it is glory.

Is it even more terrible?

It's also glory

Godin himself has a personal experience in this regard.

Especially these days, in order to practice the defense line, what to do when facing a speed breakthrough player, Rong Guang, Robinho, Martin Petrov and others have imitated Ribery and Robben as opponents of the defenders.

Rong Guang imitated Robben, who rushed forward at high speed from the right, cut in and then shot with his left foot.

As the left central defender, Godin has to face him again and again during training.

Every time when Rong Guang dribbled at him, Godin could feel the danger of being pounced on by a tiger. This feeling made him sweat and feel very tired after fighting Rong Guang several times.

In fact, it’s not that his physical fitness is not enough to be able to practice for a few rounds. The main reason is that he is under great pressure, nervousness, fear, and worry.

There is also the reason for Glory. Glory did not regard this as training at all in training. He showed his state in real competitions during training, and he had a murderous sense of tearing apart his opponents at any time.

He was so serious and serious that Godin had the illusion that this was not training but real competition...

But when he really faced Van Persie and others in the game, he felt that compared to Rongguang, they were so... kind.

Apart from being a little nervous when he first appeared on the court, he is now very calm.

Yes, I was abused by Rong, what are you afraid of about Van Persie, Walcott, etc.

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In the Arsenal locker room, Wenger is giving Walcott a face-to-face trial: "You were a little quiet in the first half, you had to be more active in the second half, and you had to break through their left defense with your speed. Godin liked to grab it, which was just right for you. And he had a yellow card on his body, and he would definitely be scruples in the defense.

Walcott nodded repeatedly when he heard this, and finally he said: "Don't worry, boss, you won't disappoint you."

"Very good" Wenger nodded vigorously.

He is really optimistic about the "little tiger" Walcott. He dug him from Southampton because he knew that Walcott was a talented player.

At that time, there was a Welsh teenager named Gareth Bell in the same dormitory as Walcott. Wenger finally chose Walcott, and he firmly believed that Walcott's future achievements would not be lower than Henry.

This game will be a chance to prove it.

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The second half started again after a fifteen-minute halftime break. Both sides changed sides and fought again, and no one made a substitution adjustment.

However, in terms of tactics, some fine-tuning was made.

In the second half, Walcott's chances of getting the ball increased significantly, and his right side became an important corridor for Arsenal's offense.

Godin saw this scene on the court and thought to himself that the boss said it was really good. Walcott would definitely be reused by Arsenal to deal with Manchester City. In this way, he would also be severely tested in the game...

However, when Godot thought of the fierce glory during training, he suddenly felt that the upcoming test was not so severe...

He even had some vague expectations in his heart, looking forward to Walcott coming, so he could see how big the gap between this man and glory was.

Come on, come on...

He turned his eyes to Walcott in the distance, stared at him, and repeatedly recited in his heart.

It seems to be a prayer.

He then saw the football being passed to Walcott's feet.

He was immediately excited - what he expected finally came

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"Arsenal's counterattack, Walcott got the ball on the wing" commentator John Motterson raised the volume.

Manchester City is returning to defense, and this is a great opportunity for Walcott to perform his speed

Sure enough, after getting the ball, Walcott quickly turned around and wades the football forward.

Matuidi rushed over from the middle to defend, but Walcott forced him to erase it with speed.

"Walcott is pretty and fast, Matuidi doesn't even have a chance to foul"
Chapter completed!